A feral cat or stray cat is an unowned domestic cat that lives freely outdoors and avoids human contact; it does not allow itself to be handled or touched, and usually remains hidden from humans. Fera
A feral cat with a tipped ear, indicating it was neutered in a trap-neuter-return program
Feral cats in Largo di Torre Argentina, Rome. Photo by Paolo Monti, 1969.
Colony of semi-feral cats in Messina harbour, Italy. They are regularly fed by the local fishermen.
The European wildcat is a small wildcat species that was described in the late 18th century. Its fur is brownish to grey with stripes on the forehead and on the sides. It has a bushy tail with a black
Feral cat
…Felis reyi, proposed by Louis Lavauden in 1929, was a skin and a skull of a specimen from Biguglia in Corsica that was smaller and darker than the European wildcat (Felis silvestris), had a much shorter tail than the African wildcat, and differed in fur colour and markings from both. When Reginald Innes Pocock…
Felis silvestris silvestris Luc Viatour
European wildcat in a zoo in Děčín, Czech Republic
Skull of a European wildcat
European wildcat in a German game park